Choley Yeshe Ngodub or simply Yeshe Ngodub (Dzongkha: ཡེ་ཤེས་དངོས་གྲུབ།)(1851–1917) was the 54th and the last Druk Desi (secular ruler of Bhutan) who reigned from 1903 to 1905.[1] He was also appointed the Je Khenpo (religious head of Bhutan) from 1915 until his death in 1917.[2] He was only the one to hold both the offices of the dual system of government of Bhutan.
Choley Yeshe Ngodub | |
|---|---|
| ཡེ་ཤེས་དངོས་གྲུབ | |
 Yeshe Ngodub in 1905 | |
| 54th Druk Desi | |
| In office 1903–1905 | |
| Preceded by | Sangay Dorji |
| Succeeded by | position abolished; monarchy established from 1907 |
| Je Khenpo | |
| In office 1915–1917 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1851 Tang Valley, Bumthang District |
| Died | 1917 |
Early life edit
Ngodub was born in 1851 in the Tang Valley of Bumthang in central Bhutan. While still a child, he was identified as the fifth speech reincarnation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal by the Central Monastic Body of Bhutan and ultimately enthroned at Sang Chokhor in Paro, a seat of his incarnation line.[2]
References edit
- ^ Heßberg, Andreas von (2016). Bhutan: Unterwegs im Himalaya-Königreich (in German). Trescher Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89794-350-6.
- ^ a b "The Fifth Zhabdrung Sungtrul, Yeshe Ngodrub". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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